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Texas Capitol and Trips to the Mouse

So part of our visit around Texas included a stop to the Austin Capitol. We were planning to just walk through the lobby and take a peek, but Melissa from Trips to the Mouse had more in mind!

Melissa contacted us after seeing Ben’s story and asked about helping make a trip to Disney possible. She set up a fundraiser for Ben and it far, FAR exceeded our wildest dreams. We’ve been keeping it secret from the kids and waiting until we met up with Melissa so she could be the one to tell the kids about the surprise.

But first, the capitol tour was so neat! They took us behind the scenes for some history and civics lessons – Kit and I learned a ton, and the kids were full of questions. It’s a truly beautiful building, and if you get a chance you really need to visit.

At the end of the tour we met back in one of the lobbies upstairs where Melissa was waiting (with a cameraman) to surprise the kids. Melissa pulled out the most adorable Mickey Mouse countdown that said, “___ Days to Disney!” Ben read it and you could see the realization spreading over his face and then he burst into cheers and squeezed me so tight… I’m thrilled Melissa was able to see his response and get some of those massive hugs from him. Thank you also to her husband for documenting it with photos!! Click to see them…